1. The impact of COVID-19 on the well-being and cognition of older adults living in the United States and Latin America
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Ganesh M. Babulal, Valeria L. Torres, Daisy Acosta, Cinthya Agüero, Sara Aguilar-Navarro, Rebecca Amariglio, Juliana Aya Ussui, Ana Baena, Yamile Bocanegra, Sonia Maria Dozzi Brucki, Julian Bustin, Diego M. Cabrera, Nilton Custodio, Monica M. Diaz, Lissette Duque Peñailillo, Idalid Franco, Jennifer R. Gatchel, Ana Paola Garza-Naveda, Mariana González Lara, Lidia Gutiérrez-Gutiérrez, Edmarie Guzmán-Vélez, Bernard J. Hanseeuw, Ivonne Z. Jimenez-Velazquez, Tomás León Rodríguez, Jorge Llibre-Guerra, María J. Marquine, Jairo Martinez, Luis D. Medina, Claudia Miranda-Castillo, Alejandra Morlett Paredes, Diana Munera, Alberto Nuñez-Herrera, Maira Okada de Oliveira, Santiago J. Palmer-Cancel, Enmanuelle Pardilla-Delgado, Jaime Perales-Puchalt, Celina Pluim, Liliana Ramirez-Gomez, Dorene M. Rentz, Claudia Rivera-Fernández, Monica Rosselli, Cecilia M Serrano, Maria Jose Suing-Ortega, Andrea Slachevsky, Marcio Soto-Añari, Reisa A. Sperling, Fernando Torrente, Daniela Thumala, Patrizia Vannini, Clara Vila-Castelar, Tatiana Yañez-Escalante, and Yakeel T. Quiroz
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COVID-19 ,US ,Latin America ,Diversity ,Well-being ,Cognition ,Medicine (General) ,R5-920 - Abstract
Background: In the COVID-19 pandemic, older adults from vulnerable ethnoracial groups are at high risk of infection, hospitalization, and death. We aimed to explore the pandemic's impact on the well-being and cognition of older adults living in the United States (US), Argentina, Chile, Mexico, and Peru. Methods: 1,608 (646 White, 852 Latino, 77 Black, 33 Asian; 72% female) individuals from the US and four Latin American countries aged ≥ 55 years completed an online survey regarding well-being and cognition during the pandemic between May and September 2020. Outcome variables (pandemic impact, discrimination, loneliness, purpose of life, subjective cognitive concerns) were compared across four US ethnoracial groups and older adults living in Argentina, Chile, Mexico, and Peru. Findings: Mean age for all participants was 66.7 (SD = 7.7) years and mean education was 15.4 (SD = 2.7) years. Compared to Whites, Latinos living in the US reported greater economic impact (p
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- 2021
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